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'''Hypertext Caching Protocol''' (abbreviated to '''HTCP''') is used for discovering [[HTTP]] caches and cached data,managing sets of HTTP caches and monitoring cache activity.It permits full request and response headers to be used in cache management and expands the ___domain of cache management to include monitoring a remote cache's additions and deletions, requesting immediate deletions and sending hints about web objects such as the third party locations of cacheable objects or unavailability of web objects.